Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
परिभ्रमंस्ततः प्राप्य कंचिद्ग्रामं निरुद्वसम् । मृतमर्त्योद्भवैव्याप्तमस्थिसंघैः समंततः
paribhramaṃstataḥ prāpya kaṃcidgrāmaṃ nirudvasam | mṛtamartyodbhavaivyāptamasthisaṃghaiḥ samaṃtataḥ
گھومتے گھومتے وہ ایک ایسے گاؤں میں پہنچے جو ویران تھا اور چاروں طرف مردہ انسانوں کی ہڈیوں کے ڈھیروں سے بھرا ہوا تھا۔
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A silent, roofless village; heaps of human bones scattered; the sage stands small against the desolation, suggesting the world’s fragility.
FAQs
The scene underscores impermanence and the grave cost of dharma’s collapse, preparing the reader for the restorative power of sacred acts and tīrthas.
No tīrtha is named; the verse establishes the bleak landscape within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya frame.
None.